Improvement in fen-holders



tiuitd mlw HARVEY A. SPENCER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND-ROBERT S. CUT-TING, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Leners Patent No'. 89354, dated Api-zz 27, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEN-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making pan: of thesama.

To all whom fit IIna/y concern.-

.Be it known that we, HARVEY A. SPENCER, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga, and State of Ohio, and ROBERT S. CUTTING, of Providence, inthe county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have inventeda newand improved Pen-Holder, for holding and carrying the pen in writing;and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescripl tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification, in whichliigure 1represents the construction of our improved pen-holder as designed to beused as'an inclined penholder.

Figure 2'represents the same adjusted so as to form a straightpen-holder.

\ stick, to form a straight holder, as may be desired.

In the drawing- C is the holder, and

D is the handle, or stick of our pen-holder.

The holder is made of sheet-metal, bent into cylind rical form as asocket for holding thepen, and the two ends of the sheet are flattenedtogether to form the hinge-piece a.

This hinge is fitted in a slot, b, formed in the handie, wherein it isconfined by means of the pivot i, on which it swings, and is adjusted toan angle at twelve degrees with the stick, as shown in g. l, this beingone extreme, and to any approximate angle, as may .be best suited to thewriters manner of holding the pen, whether more or less across thefore-finger.

If desired, this inclined pen-holder may be converted into a straightone, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, in which the holder is swung parallel tothe stick, and the pen is inserted in the holder on the side next'to thestick, as shown.

The form and mode of constructing the hinge a, by flattening togetherthe two ends of the piece of metal which forms the holder, or socket,and the mode of confining the same in a slot in the end of a stick,cause the flattened ends to press against the sides of the slot andtighten the same therein, without the need of any other special meansfor this purpose, the considerable surface of the spring hinge-piecepressing against the sides of the slot being suiiicient to hold thesocket in any position to which it may be swung on the pivot with allthe firmness that may be required for writin g with the pen held in suchposition.

We are aware that a pen-holder has been heretofore constructed to holdand adjust the holder at an angle with the stick, or handle, by means ofan arc or cn'rved metal stn'p,.attached'to the holder, and slidingthrough the end of the handle, as seen in William Fifes patatightening-screw have been used for giving the proper inclination to theholder, and conning the-same thereat, and we would not therefore beunderstood as claiming either the holding of the pen in the inclinedposition generally, or the means employed as above described in theconstruction of a pen-holder for this purpose.

It will be noticed that under our invention the pen can be insert-ed atany point in the holder, and this is productive of the followingadvantages:

First, the pen may be made to assume the position shown in iig. l, (theholder being on the left of the handle,) in which it is adapted forthose who use the right hand, and who give their letters the ordinaryforward slant or inclination.

Second, the holder and handle maylbe turned so as to bring the holder onthe right of the handle, the position of the pen being shifted to thatside of the holder opposite to the one in' which it is inserted in fig.l, above referred to, and in this position it is adapted for those whouse their left hands, or who write a back hand.

Third, as hereinbefore intimated, the position of the holder and pen maybe changed to that shown in fig. 3, the whole device, in this instance,being to all in tents and purposes the same as an ordinary pen, holder,and handle.

The advantages resulting'from forming the flattened ends of thesheet-metal holder into the hinge-piece a are fully set forth in thepreceding portion of this specil fication, and need not be hererepeated. We would, however, say in addition, that the pivot upon whichthe hinge-piece swings, clamps and holds the divided end of the handletightly against the two faces of the hinge-piece, and the frictioualcontact thus induced is quite sniicient to maintain the holder in anyposition in which it may be placed.

; That we claim, -and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the handle, of the pen-holder, constructed asherein described with the hinge-piece a, pivoted to the handle, andmoving in a slot formed in the end of the same, inthe manner and forthepurposes shown and set forth.

H. A. SPENCER. ROBT. S. CUTTING.

Witnesses to H. A. vSPEnoERs signature:

WALTER 0. ALLEN, W. K. SOHOUTEN.

Witnesses to R. S. CUTTINGS signature: 1

IsAAc A. BROWNELL, WILLIAM BRowNELL.

ent, dated September 28, 1839. Also that a joint and

